Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2102
117th Congress(2021-2022)
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 19, 2021
Overview
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Introduced
Mar 19, 2021
Latest Action
May 26, 2021
Origin Chamber
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Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2102
Congress
117
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
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House Votes (0)
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

End Polluter Welfare Act of 2021

This bill limits or eliminates certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies, including by (1) eliminating the limit on liability for offshore facilities and pipeline operators; (2) eliminating the authority of the Department of Energy to carry out the Fossil Energy Research and Development Program and prohibiting funds made available to the Advanced Research Project Agency from being used to carry out any project that supports fossil fuels; (3) terminating certain provisions relating to enhanced oil recovery, producing oil and natural gas from marginal wells, and limitations on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas wells; (4) terminating other deductions and accounting methods supporting oil, natural gas, and coal companies; (5) increasing the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate; (6) denying a tax deduction for removal costs and damages relating to oil spills; (7) imposing an excise tax on the removal price of any taxable crude oil or natural gas; (8) increasing amortization periods for tertiary injectant expenses, development expenditures of a mine or other natural deposit, mining exploration expenditures, and intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells and geothermal wells; (9) repealing the tax credits for the production of electricity from refined coal and for carbon oxide sequestration; and (10) requiring a study and elimination of certain other fossil fuel subsidies.

Text (1)
March 19, 2021
Actions (6)
05/26/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
05/19/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
03/22/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
03/19/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
03/19/2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
03/19/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 9, 2023 5:47:08 PM